List of Indian states by wildlife population

Bengal Tiger and Indian Elephant are endangered species which are protected by Project Tiger and Project Elephant programmes run by Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India.[1][2][3] Indian Leopards are threatened and protected species. The tiger numbers are of animals aged above 1.5 years.[4][5]

State wise Bengal Tiger Population India, 2019

India is home to 75% of the world's tiger population[6] as well as 55% of Asian elephant population.[7]

State-wise data
  • The South Indian states of Karnataka, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu are home to nearly 44% of the elephants, 35% of the tigers and 31% of the leopards in India.[8]
  • The state of Karnataka alone is home to 22% of the elephants, 18% of the tigers and 14% of the leopards in India.
  • The Northeast Indian states of Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Mizoram, Meghalaya and Tripura together with West Bengal account for 30% of the elephants and 5% of the tiger population.
  • The state of Gujarat is the only state with 100% of Asiatic lion population in the world.[9]
  • Information of the states Punjab, Haryana, Telangana, Manipur, Himachal Pradesh, Sikkim and Kashmir Jammu missing.
Tiger, Leopard and Elephant population by state
StateTigers (2018)[10]Elephants (2017)[11]Leopards (2015)[12]Asiatic lion (2020)[13]
Andhra Pradesh48653430
Arunachal Pradesh291,61400
Assam1905,71900
Bihar3125320
Chhattisgarh192478460
Goa30710
Gujarat001,355674
Jharkhand5679290
Karnataka5246,0491,1310
Kerala1903,0544720
Madhya Pradesh52671,8170
Maharashtra31769080
Meghalaya01,75400
Mizoram0700
Nagaland043200
Odisha281,9663450
Rajasthan91841940
Tamil Nadu2642,7918150
Tripura020300
Uttar Pradesh1732321940
Uttarakhand4421,8397030
West Bengal8819400
Total2,96727,312 9,265 674

See also

References
  1. "Project Elephant". wildlifeofindia.org. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  2. "Project Tiger". projecttiger.nic.in. Archived from the original on 11 February 2016. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  3. "About Project Elephant". Government of India. Archived from the original on 14 November 2017. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  4. "Tiger population grows". CNN IBN. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  5. "Tiger numbers grow by 30". Times of India. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  6. https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/tiger-no-up-33-in-4-years-india-has-75-of-global-population/articleshow/70443094.cms
  7. https://www.indiatoday.in/fyi/story/elephants-assam-india-poaching-deaths-population-1314727-2018-08-14
  8. "Elephant census 2017" (PDF).
  9. Kaushik, Himanshu (August 4, 2017). "Gir National Park: Lion population roars to 650 in Gujarat forests". The Times of India. Retrieved 2020-02-25.
  10. https://projecttiger.nic.in/content/39_1_Reports.aspx
  11. http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/files/file/Synchronized%20Elephant%20Population%20Estimation%20India%202017.pdf
  12. https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/environment/flora-fauna/Finally-India-gets-a-count-of-its-leopard-numbers-12000-14000/articleshow/48850420.cms
  13. https://indianexpress.com/article/india/up-151-gujarat-now-has-674-asiatic-lions-as-two-new-dists-get-in-the-kings-camp-6453204/
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